diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
index 54e6a25..c5408bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ enum {
 };
 #define GEN8_CTX_ID_SHIFT 32
 
+static int intel_logical_ring_begin(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
+				    int num_dwords);
 static int intel_lr_context_render_state_init(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
 static int intel_lr_context_pin(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 		struct intel_context *ctx);
@@ -680,7 +682,7 @@ int intel_execlists_submission(struct i915_execbuffer_params *params,
 
 	if (ring == &dev_priv->ring[RCS] &&
 	    instp_mode != dev_priv->relative_constants_mode) {
-		ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(ringbuf, params->ctx, 4);
+		ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(params->request, 4);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
@@ -1028,7 +1030,7 @@ static int logical_ring_prepare(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
 /**
  * intel_logical_ring_begin() - prepare the logical ringbuffer to accept some commands
  *
- * @ringbuf: Logical ringbuffer.
+ * @request: The request to start some new work for
  * @num_dwords: number of DWORDs that we plan to write to the ringbuffer.
  *
  * The ringbuffer might not be ready to accept the commands right away (maybe it needs to
@@ -1038,30 +1040,27 @@ static int logical_ring_prepare(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
  *
  * Return: non-zero if the ringbuffer is not ready to be written to.
  */
-int intel_logical_ring_begin(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
-			     struct intel_context *ctx, int num_dwords)
+static int intel_logical_ring_begin(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
+				    int num_dwords)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_gem_request *req;
-	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = ringbuf->ring;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
 	struct drm_device *dev = ring->dev;
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	int ret;
 
+	WARN_ON(req == NULL);
+
 	ret = i915_gem_check_wedge(&dev_priv->gpu_error,
 				   dev_priv->mm.interruptible);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = logical_ring_prepare(ringbuf, ctx, num_dwords * sizeof(uint32_t));
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	/* Preallocate the olr before touching the ring */
-	ret = intel_logical_ring_alloc_request(ring, ctx, &req);
+	ret = logical_ring_prepare(req->ringbuf, req->ctx,
+				   num_dwords * sizeof(uint32_t));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ringbuf->space -= num_dwords * sizeof(uint32_t);
+	req->ringbuf->space -= num_dwords * sizeof(uint32_t);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1082,7 +1081,7 @@ static int intel_logical_ring_workarounds_emit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(ringbuf, req->ctx, w->count * 2 + 2);
+	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(req, w->count * 2 + 2);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1153,7 +1152,7 @@ static int gen8_emit_bb_start(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 	bool ppgtt = !(dispatch_flags & I915_DISPATCH_SECURE);
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(ringbuf, req->ctx, 4);
+	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(req, 4);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1211,7 +1210,7 @@ static int gen8_emit_flush(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request,
 	uint32_t cmd;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(ringbuf, request->ctx, 4);
+	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(request, 4);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1267,7 +1266,7 @@ static int gen8_emit_flush_render(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request,
 		flags |= PIPE_CONTROL_GLOBAL_GTT_IVB;
 	}
 
-	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(ringbuf, request->ctx, 6);
+	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(request, 6);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1299,7 +1298,7 @@ static int gen8_emit_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
 	u32 cmd;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(ringbuf, request->ctx, 6);
+	ret = intel_logical_ring_begin(request, 6);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
index 474597e..42088c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ static inline void intel_logical_ring_emit(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
 	iowrite32(data, ringbuf->virtual_start + ringbuf->tail);
 	ringbuf->tail += 4;
 }
-int intel_logical_ring_begin(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
-			     struct intel_context *ctx,
-			     int num_dwords);
 
 /* Logical Ring Contexts */
 void intel_lr_context_free(struct intel_context *ctx);
